Wes Anderson's sophomore film effort "Rushmore" once again put the city of Houston on the map in Hollywood while also inspiring countless local filmmakers and actors.

Wes Anderson's sophomore film effort "Rushmore" once again put the city of Houston on the map in Hollywood while also inspiring countless local filmmakers and actors.

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Now, years later its become one of the Houston-bred director's most-beloved films and it reintroduced Bill Murray as the hipster icon we all know him as today.

Now, years later its become one of the Houston-bred director's most-beloved films and it reintroduced Bill Murray as the hipster icon we all know him as today.

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2018 will mark 20 years since the movie, filmed in around the Montrose and River Oaks areas, saw wide-release. It made the rounds at fall film festivals and it had a limited run in December 1998 in New York City and Los Angeles to get the attention of Oscar voters.

2018 will mark 20 years since the movie, filmed in around the Montrose and River Oaks areas, saw wide-release. It made the rounds at fall film festivals and it had a limited run in December 1998 in New York

St. John's School on the 2400 block of Claremont Ln, aka Rushmore Academy in the movie Rushmore.

St. John's School on the 2400 block of Claremont Ln, aka Rushmore Academy in the movie Rushmore.

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Teens Thayer McClanahan, Hae Joon Lee, Colin Platt and Mike Maggart got a taste of filmmaking experience when they were picked for roles in "Rushmore" in 1998.

Teens Thayer McClanahan, Hae Joon Lee, Colin Platt and Mike Maggart got a taste of filmmaking experience when they were picked for roles in "Rushmore" in 1998.

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St. John's School on the 2400 block of Claremont Ln, aka Rushmore Academy in the movie "Rushmore".

St. John's School on the 2400 block of Claremont Ln, aka Rushmore Academy in the movie "Rushmore".

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Lamar High School on the 3300 block of Westheimer, aka Grover Cleveland High, in the movie "Rushmore".

Lamar High School on the 3300 block of Westheimer, aka Grover Cleveland High, in the movie "Rushmore".

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Barber Doug Dreher, cuts Norm Hirter's hair next to the chair in the where Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) sat to to get a shave from his father in the movie "Rushmore".

Barber Doug Dreher, cuts Norm Hirter's hair next to the chair in the where Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) sat to to get a shave from his father in the movie "Rushmore".

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Norm Hirter walks out of Doug's Barbershop where Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) was an apprentice barber with his father in the movie "Rushmore".

Norm Hirter walks out of Doug's Barbershop where Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) was an apprentice barber with his father in the movie "Rushmore".

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Starring Jason Schwartzman as the precocious, oddly-mature high schooler Max Fischer and Murray as his would-be romantic nemesis, the film set the tone for the next two decades of Anderson films. It only cost around $10 million to make and would be a modest box-office success.

Starring Jason Schwartzman as the precocious, oddly-mature high schooler Max Fischer and Murray as his would-be romantic nemesis, the film set the tone for the next two decades of Anderson films. It only cost

The hotel where Murray's character stays at was the Warwick Hotel, which was revamped and re-branded as Hotel Zaza in 2007.

The hotel where Murray's character stays at was the Warwick Hotel, which was revamped and re-branded as Hotel Zaza in 2007.

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His industrial pipe factory (Blume International Saw Pipes) was located out in Baytown at JSW Steel USA.

His industrial pipe factory (Blume International Saw Pipes) was located out in Baytown at JSW Steel USA.

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The cemetery where Max's mother Eloise Fischer is buried is the Hollywood Cemetery off North Main, just off I-45 North. Max's house was of course just next door to the boneyard at 108 Emerald Court.

The cemetery where Max's mother Eloise Fischer is buried is the Hollywood Cemetery off North Main, just off I-45 North. Max's house was of course just next door to the boneyard at 108 Emerald Court.

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The Forest Club in the Memorial area was the site of the swimming and tennis club scenes.

The Forest Club in the Memorial area was the site of the swimming and tennis club scenes.

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Max and his dad lived here at 108 Emerald Court.

Max and his dad lived here at 108 Emerald Court.

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The scene in the film where Max and Margaret fly the kite was filmed at Delmar Stadium.

The scene in the film where Max and Margaret fly the kite was filmed at Delmar Stadium.

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Max's mother is buried at the historic Hollywood Cemetery located at 3506 North Main.

Max's mother is buried at the historic Hollywood Cemetery located at 3506 North Main.

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Click through the following slideshow to learn about other movies that have been filmed in the Bayou City over the years...

Click through the following slideshow to learn about other movies that have been filmed in the Bayou City over the years...

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Clear Lake

A scene in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” was shot at Johnson Space Center.

Clear Lake

A scene in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” was shot at Johnson Space Center.

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Heights

The 1994 film "Reality Bites" was set in Houston and filmed at several Houston locations, including The Heights and Tranquility Park on Rusk Street.

Heights

The 1994 film "Reality Bites" was set in Houston and filmed at several Houston locations, including The Heights and Tranquility Park on Rusk Street.

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Pasadena, Houston, Huntsville

“Urban Cowboy” is set in Pasadena and was filmed at places in Houston and Pasadena, including the Huntsville State Penitentiary, Gilley’s nightclub in Pasadena, another spot on Red Bluff Road in Pasadena.

Several Houston-area locations are featured in “Terms of Endearment,” a 1983 film starring Shirley McLaine, Debra Winger and Jack Nicholson. Filming spots include an apartment at 1148 Heights Blvd., a home at 3060 Locke Lane in Houston, Brennan’s Restaurant and other spots in River Oaks and Texas City. Debra Winger’s character, Emma, graduates from high school in Houston.

A large portion of the film “Arlington Road,” released in 1999, was filmed in the Houston area, especially Pearland and the University of Houston, which was the setting for George Washington University in the film. The movie families’ “DC-area homes” were actually in Pearland, near Dixie Farm Road.

Several Houston locations are featured in the1994 film “The Chase” – the Hardy Toll Road, Highway 290, Houston police headquarters on Reisner Street, the Sam Houston Tollway, Kemah and the Village Shopping Center.

John Wayne’s 1968 film “Hellfighters” had filming locations in Conroe and Baytown, as well as Hobby Airport.

Conroe, Baytown, Houston

John Wayne’s 1968 film “Hellfighters” had filming locations in Conroe and Baytown, as well as Hobby Airport.

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Houston

"The Tree of Life," released in 2011, is set in Waco and filmed at quite a few Texas locations, including Houston.

Houston

"The Tree of Life," released in 2011, is set in Waco and filmed at quite a few Texas locations, including Houston.

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Clear Lake

Part of Clint Eastwood’s “Space Cowboys” was filmed at Johnson Space Center.

Clear Lake

Part of Clint Eastwood’s “Space Cowboys” was filmed at Johnson Space Center.

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Galveston, Houston

“Night Game” (1989), about a serial killer on a beach front, was filmed in Galveston and the Astrodome.

Galveston, Houston

“Night Game” (1989), about a serial killer on a beach front, was filmed in Galveston and the Astrodome.

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Clear Lake

“Apollo 13” – another space-centric movie that has to film at Johnson Space Center.

Clear Lake

“Apollo 13” – another space-centric movie that has to film at Johnson Space Center.

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Houston

"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (1982) features Melvin P. Thorpe, a television reporter who investigates the goings on at the Chicken Ranch. The character is based on real-life Houstonian Marvin Zindler, whose 1973 news report helped close down the real-life Chicken Ranch.

There's plenty of Houston scenery in 1990's "Robocop 2." Shooting locations include the Budweiser brewery on I-10, Post Oak Blvd., Main Street, the Wortham Center, the intersections of Congress and La Branch, Prairie and Main and Rusk and Fannin, Jefferson Davis Hospital, Lyons Avenue and The Americas on Runnels Street.

Portions of Clint Eastwood’s 1993 film “A Perfect World,” starring Kevin Costner, were filmed in Huntsville. The first part of the film is set at the Huntsville State Penitentiary.

Huntsville

Portions of Clint Eastwood’s 1993 film “A Perfect World,” starring Kevin Costner, were filmed in Huntsville. The first part of the film is set at the Huntsville State Penitentiary.

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Houston

The 1970 film “Brewster McCloud” was the first to be filmed inside the Astrodome and featured quite a few other Houston locations – Astroworld, Buffalo Bayou Park, Commerce Street, the intersections of Fannin and Greenbriar and Fannin and Old Spanish Trail, the Holly Hall overpass, Houston Zoo, Mecom Fountain, Memorial Drive, a railroad bridge over Brays Bayou and Rice University.

2018 will mark 20 years since the movie, filmed in and around the Montrose and River Oaks areas, saw wide-release. It made the rounds at fall film festivals and it had a limited run in December 1998 in New York City and Los Angeles and garnered the attention of Oscar voters.

Starring Jason Schwartzman as the precocious, oddly-mature high schooler Max Fischer and Murray as his would-be romantic nemesis, the film set the tone for the next two decades of Anderson films. It only cost around $10 million to make.

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(Fun note: teenage werewolf Schwartzman had to wax his chest for a wrestling scene.)

Anderson's 1996 film "Bottle Rocket" with James Caan, Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson made him the darling of indie-film fans who were excited to see what else he had in him.

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He would star in Anderson's "Rushmore" follow-up "The Royal Tenenbaums" in late 2001. He's now been involved in eight Anderson films in one form or another. He will next be heard in Anderson's stop-motion "Isle of Dogs".

Houston kids were used as extras and nabbed bit parts in "Rushmore," making it a special one for locals. There are still stories running around about failed auditions and nuggets about the filmmaking process, which began in late 1997. Murray spent that Thanksgiving in Houston.

One of the most famous extras was Alexis Bledel, then just a hopeful young Houston thespian. Audiences would later get to know her as Rory Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls" three years later.

Another notable local extra was filmmaker Mark Armes, who is now a key member of the Free Press Houston and Day for Night festival and media empire. As a sixth-grader, he said he spent the shoot "drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes with Jason Schwartzman" according to a past interview.

The "Rushmore" crew spent roughly 50 days in production in Houston, wrapping in late January 1998.